Rashid fires Afghanistan to 255; Shakib 4/42
Ruffin RemadCorrespondent
Posted - 2018-09-20T21:37:30+06:00
Updated - 2018-09-20T21:37:30+06:00
Afghanistan's later order batsmen have accelerated their total to 255/7 after from 160/7 against Bangladesh in the sixth match of Asia Cup at Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
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Afghanistan chose to bat first in the dead-rubber. Both sides made changes to their playing XIs. Bangladesh handed ODI caps to batsman
and
Rony.
Rony picked up his first wicket in his first over with the wicket of Ihsanullah. He then bowled
with a beauty to give Bangladesh.
took control of the situation in 51-run partnership with
.
Shahzad became
's first scalp by playing a big shot and getting caught brilliantly by Rony. He made 37 from 47. Shakib sent back skipper Asghar Afghan and Samiullah Shenwari to keep Bangladesh in driver's seat.
Shahidi made an anchoring 58 off 92 balls hitting only three boundaries.
got him caught behind to end the innings.
made only 10 runs from 24 balls.
and birthday boy
pulled Afghanistan out of trouble when they were struggling with seven wickets down. The pair added 95 runs for the eighth-wicket stand to give Afghanistan a challenging total.
Rashid made his third ODI half-century, scoring an unbeaten 32-ball 57 with 8 fours and a six. Naib played the supportive role with 42* off 38. The Afghans got themselves over 250.
Shakib bagged four wickets for 42 runs, taking himself to 242 ODI wickets. He eclipsed Heath Streak, Mitchell Johnson and Kyle Mills' wickets tally.
Brief scores:
Afghanistan 255/7 in 50 overs
(Shahidi 58, Rashid 57*, Naib 42*; Shakib 4/42)
Bangladesh need 256 runs to win
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